Sichömüna

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	Sichömüna
Brazilian standard	Sichäämöna
New Tribes	Sichäämöna
historical ad hoc	Shikiemona

Alternative forms

• Shichömüna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sit͡ʃəːmɨna]

Proper noun

Sichömüna

1. (Ye'kwana mythology) the elder and less cunning of the two Hero Twins (the younger being Yudeke), sons of the murdered water serpent Wiyu who serve as trickster figures and eventually cause a worldwide flood to avenge their mother’s death

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, page 376 et seq.
• de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “shikiemona”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN